Towel-rack



(No Model.)

s. J. HOLMES.

V TOWEL RACK.

No. 568,905; Patented Opt. 6, 1896'.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL J. HOLMES, OF MONTGLAIR, NEW JERSEY.

TOWEL-RAG SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 568,905,dated October 6, 1896.

Application filed August 28,1895. Serial No. 560,733. No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, SAMUEL J. HOLMES, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica. and a resident of Montclair, in the county of Essex and Stateof New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTowel-Racks, of which the followingis a specifioation.

My invention has reference to towel-racks, and especially to that classadapted to be secured to house-boilers or stovepipes; and it consists,essentially, in a towel or like rack comprising in its structure achannel-shaped support having top and bottom perforated flanges formedwith kerfs or scallops to permit the support to adapt itself todiiferent curvatures, combined with means for attaching the support to aboiler, Stovepipe, or like object.

My invention also consists in novel means for attaching thesupporting-bars to the support.

The nature of my invention will best be understood when described inconnection with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 representsaplan view of a towelrack embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview showing the same applied to a house-boiler. Fig. 3 is an enlargedsectional plan, the plane of section being taken on the line 3 3, Fig.4. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation, the plane of section being taken onthe line 4 4, Fig. 3. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are detail views. Fig. 8 shows amodified manner of securing the bar-support to the strap.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views of the drawings.

Referring now to the drawings, the letter A designates a strap made ofpliable band metal or wire and of sufificient length to encompass thelargest diameter of house-boiler or stovepipe usually employed. To oneend of the strap is secured by riveting or otherwise a metallic angularend piece a.

b is a metallic angular end piece formed with an eye 0, adapted for thepassage therethrough of the free end of the strap A. A

screw-bolt. d, provided with a nut e, is passed through the two pieces aand 1), its said nut bearing against the base of the end piece b, ornearly so, so that it is prevented from turning while the bolt is beingscrewed up by means of its slotted head. This enables the use of awrench to be dispensed with. Of course the nut could be omitted and oneof the end pieces tapped to receive the bolt. It is now evident that thestrap can be adjusted to the particular boiler by drawing up on its freeend and lapping the same over to form a loop or hook, after whichadjustment the bolt cl is drawn up to secure the strap to the boiler orother base. In order that the fastening devices for the strap may alwaysbe placed in a position convenient for access in applying or removingthe strap, I make the support B for the bars 0 adjustable upon the strapand cause the same to be secured in position by the act of securing thestrap. As shown in the drawings, the bar-support is made channel shapeand adapted to receive the strap between its top and bottom and capableof being freely moved relative to the strap. by tongues f, struckoutfrom the body of the strap. In practice I make the top and bottomscalloped or kerfed, in order that the support will accommodate itselfto different curvatures of the boilers or pipes. In the bar-support areformed series of sockets g and h, alined opposite each other for thereception and retention of the supporting-bars.

To prevent the bars from being inadvert- It may also be supported on thestrap ently drawn out of their sockets g and h, I

form the sockets with lateral contracted extensions (one or more) toobtain what are commonly known as buttonhole-sockets and impart to theends 7; of the bent supporting-bars a corresponding shape. When the barsare passed through the sockets and turned, they are safely securedagainst accidental removal.

To hold the bars 0 in any radial position,

preferably make of resilient material and rack-shaped, with its outerportions adapted to bear and exert pressure against the adjacentportions of the bars. Of course it is to be understood that thepressure-plate could be corrugated in form or an individualpressure-plate employed for each bar. It will be readily seen that thispressu re-plate exerts a constant pressure on the bars regardless oftheir respective radial positions.

When the rack is to be used for other objects, such as clothing, shoes,&c. the supporting-bars are made shorter and hook-shaped.

hat I claim as new is 1. In a towel or like rack, a channel-shapedsupport having top and bottom perforated flanges and adapted to besecured to a boiler, or stovepipe; said flanges being formed with kerfsor scallops to permit the support to adapt itself todifferentcurvatures, combined with a supporting bar or barssubstantially as described.

2. In a towel or like rack, an adjustable, flexible strap, combined witha channelshaped support having top and bottom perforated fianges andadapted to embrace the strap to be secured to the boiler or stovepipe;said flanges being formed with kerfs or scallops to permit the supportto adapt itself to different curvatures, combined with a supporting baror bars substantially as described.

3. In a towel-rack, the combination of a strap provided with means forsecuring it to a boiler, &c., a channel-shaped support mounted to slideon the strap and kerfed or scalloped to permit it to adapt itself todifierent curvatures, and provided with series of opposite] yplacedsockets, a series of supporting-bars extending through the sockets, anda pressure-plate placed on the support and bearing against the bars,substantially as described.

4. In a towel-rack, the combination of a. strap provided with means forsecuring it to a boiler, &c., a channel-shaped support mounted to slideon the strap and kerfed or scalloped to permit it to adapt itself toditferent curvatures, and provided with series of oppositely-placedbuttonhole-sockets, a series of supportingbars extending through thesockets and provided with headed ends, and a pressure-plate placed onthe support and bearing against the bars, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of two witnesses, this 22d day of August, 1895.

SAMUEL J. HOLMES.

YVitnesses:

A. FABER DU FAUR, J12, EUGENIE A. PERSIDES.

